Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medications, and diseases
interfere with your body's ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at
risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the
following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- A personal or family history of
cancer
- Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- Smoking or other tobacco
use
Medications
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medications to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medications to treat cancer (chemotherapy)
- Radiation
therapy
Diseases
- Autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis or
lupus
- Bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia or von Willebrand's
disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Heart
disease
- High blood pressure
- Human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)
infection
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Infectious
mononucleosis
